Quick reference — the numbers buyers ask for most
| Rigid box MOQ | 500 pcs |
| Folding carton MOQ | 1,000 pcs |
| Folding cartons, 1,000 pcs | USD 0.15–0.60 / pc |
| Simple rigid boxes, 1,000 pcs | USD 0.60–1.80 / pc |
| Premium perfume rigid boxes, 1,000 pcs | USD 1.50–4.50 / pc |
| One-off tooling (die + foil + emboss) | USD 150–400 |
| Structural sample / printed sample | Free / USD 50–150, credited back |
| Sampling turnaround | 24 hours |
| Standard board for a 100 ml perfume box | 1200 gsm ≈ 2.0 mm |
Cost structure
Perfume Box Cost Breakdown: What You Actually Pay For
A line-by-line breakdown of a 100 ml rigid perfume box at 1,000 units — paper, board, printing, foil, insert, labour and one-off tooling — plus the five levers that actually move unit price.
35–45% board & paperTooling USD 150–4005 cost levers
Order economics
Rigid Box MOQ: Why 500 Is the Floor
Where the minimum order quantity actually comes from, a unit price index from 500 to 10,000 pieces, three legitimate ways to order less, and when the volume discount is a bad trade.
500 vs 1,000 pcsPrice index tableDigital runs from 200
Specification
Greyboard Thickness & Paper Weight
Greyboard gsm-to-mm conversion from 600 to 1800 gsm, which thickness to use by product weight, how to choose the wrapping paper, and the inner-to-outer dimension formula.
1 mm ≈ 600 gsmSize formulaTolerances
Structure selection
Folding Carton vs Rigid Box: How to Choose
Cost, MOQ, freight volume, shelf impact and lead time compared side by side, the middle option that ships flat, and why landed cost often reverses the ranking.
8-factor comparisonFreight impactFolding rigid option